Sierra Leone, Africa

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SIERRA LEONE: Long road ahead for awareness programmes

PlusNews

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Poor information and a lack of open discussion about sex is fueling an increase in HIV in postwar Sierra Leone, according to Dr Brima Kargbo, acting...

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Scaling up child survival in Sierra Leone

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Reliefweb.org

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Targeting more than 1.2 million women of childbearing age for tetanus toxoid and 85,000 children under the age of five for Vitamin A and deworming...

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Helicopter crashes in Sierra Leone, killing 20

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Wikinews

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

A passenger helicopter crashed in Sierra Leone on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, witnesses say.The helicopter, operated by Paramount Airlines of...

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SIERRA LEONE: Asatu Koroma, "Game of life and death"

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IRIN

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Like most Sierra Leonean women, Asatu Koroma, 29, gave birth to all five of her children at the home of a traditional midwife. The first four births...

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SIERRA LEONE: Women, government launch campaign against sexual violence

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PlusNews

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Thousands of women recently marched against sexual violence in the main streets of Sierra Leones capital, Freetown, as part of a new initiative to...

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SIERRA LEONE: Fatal mix claims the lives of Sierra Leone's mothers

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IRIN

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. In developed countries, on average there are fewer than 10 maternal deaths...

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SIERRA LEONE: “An idle mind is a devil’s workshop”

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IRIN

Friday, April 27, 2007

With tens of thousands of youths still out of work more than five years after the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war, many say that prospects for...

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SIERRA LEONE: Local fishermen struggle to survive amidst foreign trawlers

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IRIN

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Meriam Samu travels more than 30km every morning to buy the fresh catch of the day from local fishermen in the western part of the capital, Freetown....

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MFWA Urges Sierra Leonean Government to Prosecute Killers of Journalist

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The Point

Monday, April 23, 2007

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is dismayed at the continued delay in the prosecution of the alleged killers of Harry Yansaneh, editor of...

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SIERRA LEONE: Fighting gender bias ahead of elections

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IRIN

Monday, February 26, 2007

With general and presidential elections looming in July, women’s rights groups in Sierra Leone are battling what they say is deep seated...

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